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RESOURCE LIBRARY
If you are in need of immediate support please call 911 or use the crisis resources listed below.
CRISIS RESOURCES
Crisis & Help Hotlines
These are 24-hour Crisis Hotlines open to anyone in need of help.
• Calgary Distress Centre Line (https://distresscentre.com/) 403-266-4357
• Canadian Mental Health Distress Line 1-888-787-2880
• YW Calgary (https://www.ywcalgary.ca/programs/24-hour-crisis-line/)(Domestic Violence Crisis Line) 403-266-0707
• Kids Help Phone (https://kidshelpphone.ca/)(20 years & Younger) 1-800-668-6868 or TEXT 686868
• True North Distress Line (https://truenorthab.com/how-we-can-help/24-hour-crisis-support-line/) (1-877-934-6634)
• Suicide Crisis Helpline (https://988.ca/) CALL OR TEXT 988
• Mental health Helpline (AHS) (https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/Service.aspx?id=6810&serviceAtFacilityID=1047134) 1-877-303-2642
Rural Addiction and Mental Health Services
1-877-652-4700
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Chestermere Community Health Centre
Room 104, 288 Kinniburgh Boulevard
Chestermere, Alberta
T1X 0M1
1-877-652-4700
Website(https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/facility.aspx?id=1057533/)
Hours of Operation
Monday: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Tuesday: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Wednesday: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Friday: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Domestic Violence Crisis Lines:
• Calgary Domestic Violence Collective (Family & Sexual Violence) 403-234-SAFE(7233) & 403-237-5888
• True North (Formally Wheatland Crisis Society 24/7) 403-934-6634
• Calgary Out link (LQBTQ+) 403-234-8973
• Trans Life Line (All ages) 1-877-330-6366
• Distress Centre Calgary (to support LGBT/sexual minority and questioning youth) 1-877-688-4765 (1-877- OUT IS OK)
• Calgary Distress Line TEEN 403-264-TEEN (8336)
• Kids Help Phone Line (20 years & under) 1-800-668-6868
• Kerby Centre (https://unisonalberta.com/calgary-seniors-supports/) 403-705-3250
Hope for Wellness (https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/)
Offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples. Access by phone or online.
1-855-242-3310
LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Chestemere, Langdon & Indus Resources
https://www.chestermerecrca.com/ (https://www.chestermerecrca.com/)
Chestermere Recreation boasts two ice rinks, a gymnasium, and a curling rink. Chestermere Recreation offers drop-in programs for pickleball and offers recreational skating, figure skating, hockey, and curling to the Chestermere community.
CHILD & ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
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MENTAL HEALTH & SUICIDE RESOURCES
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Here is a series of statements they provide to say to yourself to check in and feel where you might be with your mental health:
https://mentalhealthweek.ca/check-in-on-your-mental-health/(https://mentalhealthweek.ca/check-in-on-your-mental-health/)
CONTACT:
780-782-6576
http://www.cmha.ca/(http://www.cmha.ca/)
BULLYING AWARENESS AND SUPPORT RESOURCES
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If you’re a victim of bullying or abuse, call trained staff at any time of day, or chat online from noon to 8 pm. Online chats and calls to the helpline are anonymous.
Call the Bullying Helpline
1-888-456-2323
(24 hours, 7 days/week)
The helpline offers help in more than 170 languages.
Website(http://humanservices.alberta.ca/abuse-bullying/bullying-get-help.html)
SUGGESTED READING
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Althouse, R., & Johnson, M., & Mitchell, S., (2003). The colours of learning: Integrating the visual arts into early childhood curriculum. New York: Teacher’s College Press.
Belden, A. & Fessard, O. (October 2001). Children and the Arts. Georgia Family.
Born, Paul. (2008). Community Conversations. BPS Books. Toronto.
Born, Paul. (2014). Foreward by Peter Block. Deepening Community: Finding Joy Together in Chaotic Times. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. San Francisco.
Deasy, R., & Stevenson, L., (May, 2002). The Arts: Critical links to student success. The Arts Education Partnership, Council of Chief of State School Officers. Washington, DC.
Kilmer, S.J., & Hoffman, H. (1995). Transforming Science Curriculum. In S. Bredekamp &
Rosegrant, T. (Eds.). Reaching Potentials: Transforming early childhood curriculum and assessment, Vol. 2. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
Ratey, John, J. MD., & Hagerman, Eric. (2008). Spark: The revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain. Hachette Book Group USA. New York.
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